@cirilism.bsky.social
The bad news is that biz for #documentaries is not so good. The good news is that theatrical might now be the best option, which could be a boon for audience experience!
@antkaufman.bsky.social's update from Sundance for @documentary.org
documentary.org/online-featu...
@antkaufman.bsky.social's update from Sundance for @documentary.org
documentary.org/online-featu...
Don’t Panic: Doc Industry Looks for Upsides Amid Decimation at Sundance 2026
The documentary industry looks for upsides amid decimation at Sundance 2026
documentary.org
February 5, 2026 at 1:35 PM
The bad news is that biz for #documentaries is not so good. The good news is that theatrical might now be the best option, which could be a boon for audience experience!
@antkaufman.bsky.social's update from Sundance for @documentary.org
documentary.org/online-featu...
@antkaufman.bsky.social's update from Sundance for @documentary.org
documentary.org/online-featu...
CPH:Dox's interactive programme is out!
Excited to see some powerful works on the list and to explore new perpectives on our cultural and psychological state of hypervigilance.
As always, a thought-provoking curation from Mark Atkin.
cphdox.dk/interactive-...
Excited to see some powerful works on the list and to explore new perpectives on our cultural and psychological state of hypervigilance.
As always, a thought-provoking curation from Mark Atkin.
cphdox.dk/interactive-...
INTER:ACTIVE Exhibition - CPH:DOX
Experience the INTER:ACTIVE EXHIBITION at CPH:DOX. The exhibition is an ongoing exploration of creativity and technology.
cphdox.dk
February 5, 2026 at 11:46 AM
CPH:Dox's interactive programme is out!
Excited to see some powerful works on the list and to explore new perpectives on our cultural and psychological state of hypervigilance.
As always, a thought-provoking curation from Mark Atkin.
cphdox.dk/interactive-...
Excited to see some powerful works on the list and to explore new perpectives on our cultural and psychological state of hypervigilance.
As always, a thought-provoking curation from Mark Atkin.
cphdox.dk/interactive-...
We've seen how the camera is a threat to those in power. Citizen journalism is stepping in where the media agencies are failing us. How to be safe, and how your images can be an effective tool...
www.wired.com/story/how-to...
www.wired.com/story/how-to...
How to Film ICE
Filming federal agents in public is legal, but avoiding a dangerous—even deadly—confrontation isn’t guaranteed. Here’s how to record ICE and CBP agents as safely as possible and have an impact.
www.wired.com
February 5, 2026 at 11:33 AM
We've seen how the camera is a threat to those in power. Citizen journalism is stepping in where the media agencies are failing us. How to be safe, and how your images can be an effective tool...
www.wired.com/story/how-to...
www.wired.com/story/how-to...
It's so great to have this research space for thinking about the art, power and future of documentary film, and how to make the field work best for makers and audiences alike
shorensteincenter.org/article/anno...
@shorensteinctr.bsky.social
shorensteincenter.org/article/anno...
@shorensteinctr.bsky.social
Announcing the Spring 2026 Cohort of Documentary Film Fellows - The Shorenstein Center
shorensteincenter.org
January 24, 2026 at 9:15 AM
It's so great to have this research space for thinking about the art, power and future of documentary film, and how to make the field work best for makers and audiences alike
shorensteincenter.org/article/anno...
@shorensteinctr.bsky.social
shorensteincenter.org/article/anno...
@shorensteinctr.bsky.social
"the system persists...not through violence alone, but through the participation of ordinary people in rituals they privately know to be false."
Mark Carney's speech really is terrific: full text is here and very much worth your time.
The Carney doctrine
Open comment thread on the PM's Davos speech
paulwells.substack.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:03 PM
"the system persists...not through violence alone, but through the participation of ordinary people in rituals they privately know to be false."
Is a dome just a big 1/2 headset? What does it take to transform a #VR-headset artwork into a dome piece?
Took a fascinating dive into the process from headset-> planetarium for Claudix Vanesix/amixr's piece at@doclab.bsky.social
xrmust.com/xrmagazine/c...
@xrmust.bsky.social @wemakevr.bsky.social
Took a fascinating dive into the process from headset-> planetarium for Claudix Vanesix/amixr's piece at@doclab.bsky.social
xrmust.com/xrmagazine/c...
@xrmust.bsky.social @wemakevr.bsky.social
Decoding XR: FEEDBACK VR, UN MUSICAL ANTIFUTURISTA
Decoding XR: from VR to dome adaptation, with Claudix Vanesix, Avinash Changa (FEEDBACK VR, UN MUSICAL ANTIFUTURISTA)
xrmust.com
January 20, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Is a dome just a big 1/2 headset? What does it take to transform a #VR-headset artwork into a dome piece?
Took a fascinating dive into the process from headset-> planetarium for Claudix Vanesix/amixr's piece at@doclab.bsky.social
xrmust.com/xrmagazine/c...
@xrmust.bsky.social @wemakevr.bsky.social
Took a fascinating dive into the process from headset-> planetarium for Claudix Vanesix/amixr's piece at@doclab.bsky.social
xrmust.com/xrmagazine/c...
@xrmust.bsky.social @wemakevr.bsky.social
Apply the 2026 Unity for Humanity Grant!
If you’re building an interactive game or #XR experience that drives positive social impact, apply for up to $100,000 in funding, plus marketing resources and technical support. Applications close February 20.
Bring your vision to life: unity.com/humanity
If you’re building an interactive game or #XR experience that drives positive social impact, apply for up to $100,000 in funding, plus marketing resources and technical support. Applications close February 20.
Bring your vision to life: unity.com/humanity
January 8, 2026 at 10:56 AM
Apply the 2026 Unity for Humanity Grant!
If you’re building an interactive game or #XR experience that drives positive social impact, apply for up to $100,000 in funding, plus marketing resources and technical support. Applications close February 20.
Bring your vision to life: unity.com/humanity
If you’re building an interactive game or #XR experience that drives positive social impact, apply for up to $100,000 in funding, plus marketing resources and technical support. Applications close February 20.
Bring your vision to life: unity.com/humanity
The irony, eh?
January 8, 2026 at 8:39 AM
The irony, eh?
Columbia Digital Storytelling Lab's annual "#Immersive things" list reflects the diversity of how stories are being made, experienced, and shared today. www.dsl.tools/m/2025list
@culturehacker.bsky.social
@culturehacker.bsky.social
January 2, 2026 at 7:06 AM
Columbia Digital Storytelling Lab's annual "#Immersive things" list reflects the diversity of how stories are being made, experienced, and shared today. www.dsl.tools/m/2025list
@culturehacker.bsky.social
@culturehacker.bsky.social
There were a lot of really special immersive artworks and experiences this year - don't forget to vote for your favorites in several categories of craft and overall best #XR for 2025!
🗳️ Vote for the 2025’s Online XR Awards - Best Story / Narrative Work! Deadline, December 31: https://xrmust.com/xrmagazine/vote-for-the-2025-online-xr-awards/
December 27, 2025 at 1:06 AM
There were a lot of really special immersive artworks and experiences this year - don't forget to vote for your favorites in several categories of craft and overall best #XR for 2025!
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Editorial⎜IDFA @doclab.bsky.social 2025: OF(F) the Internet, by @cirilism.bsky.social #IDFA2025 #IDFADocLab
https://xrmust.com/xrmagazine/editorial-idfa-doclab-2025/
https://xrmust.com/xrmagazine/editorial-idfa-doclab-2025/
December 17, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Editorial⎜IDFA @doclab.bsky.social 2025: OF(F) the Internet, by @cirilism.bsky.social #IDFA2025 #IDFADocLab
https://xrmust.com/xrmagazine/editorial-idfa-doclab-2025/
https://xrmust.com/xrmagazine/editorial-idfa-doclab-2025/
IDFA is one of my favorite fests, & the lovely, relevant & inspiring DocLab- w/ its thought-provoking work, people & conversations & playful & hospitable spirit grounded in an investment in building the immersive ecosystem - is a big part.
My wrap up: xrmust.com/xrmagazine/e...
@xrmust.bsky.social
My wrap up: xrmust.com/xrmagazine/e...
@xrmust.bsky.social
Editorial⎜IDFA Doclab 2025: OF(F) the Internet
At IDFA Doclab, you can be sure of two things: 1) the ever evolving and creative programming means you never can be sure what you will ...
xrmust.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:34 PM
IDFA is one of my favorite fests, & the lovely, relevant & inspiring DocLab- w/ its thought-provoking work, people & conversations & playful & hospitable spirit grounded in an investment in building the immersive ecosystem - is a big part.
My wrap up: xrmust.com/xrmagazine/e...
@xrmust.bsky.social
My wrap up: xrmust.com/xrmagazine/e...
@xrmust.bsky.social
“People who actually tell stories, meaning people who write novels & make feature films, don’t see themselves as storytellers. It’s all the people who are not storytellers who…suddenly now want to be storytellers.”
It's PR wrapped up as a 'story'. Someone please save us.
www.wsj.com/articles/com...
It's PR wrapped up as a 'story'. Someone please save us.
www.wsj.com/articles/com...
Companies Are Desperately Seeking ‘Storytellers’
Brands trying to wrest greater control of their narratives are asking for ‘storytelling’ skill sets—without a campfire in sight.
www.wsj.com
December 14, 2025 at 10:57 AM
“People who actually tell stories, meaning people who write novels & make feature films, don’t see themselves as storytellers. It’s all the people who are not storytellers who…suddenly now want to be storytellers.”
It's PR wrapped up as a 'story'. Someone please save us.
www.wsj.com/articles/com...
It's PR wrapped up as a 'story'. Someone please save us.
www.wsj.com/articles/com...
“the deeper damage is a fog of doubt settling over everything we see”
@samgregory.bsky.social urges us to consider that soon our shared basis of reality will no longer be trustworthy and risks being undermined by generative video... and offers how to fight that.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOBA...
@samgregory.bsky.social urges us to consider that soon our shared basis of reality will no longer be trustworthy and risks being undermined by generative video... and offers how to fight that.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOBA...
When 'Seeing is Believing' Falters: AI, Visual Truth and Epistemic Fracture | Sam Gregory
YouTube video by All Tech Is Human
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:20 PM
“the deeper damage is a fog of doubt settling over everything we see”
@samgregory.bsky.social urges us to consider that soon our shared basis of reality will no longer be trustworthy and risks being undermined by generative video... and offers how to fight that.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOBA...
@samgregory.bsky.social urges us to consider that soon our shared basis of reality will no longer be trustworthy and risks being undermined by generative video... and offers how to fight that.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOBA...
Always great to speak to artists working in VR for the first time and how they choose to use it...
NEW! “I didn’t want to people to just enjoy the visuals, but to be more connected to the story” Negar Motevalymeidanshah
EN https://xrmust.com/xrmagazine/negar-motevalymeidanshah-less-than-5-grams-of-saffron/
FR https://xrmust.com/fr/xrmagazine-fr/less-than-5grams-saffron-negar-motevalymeidanshah/
EN https://xrmust.com/xrmagazine/negar-motevalymeidanshah-less-than-5-grams-of-saffron/
FR https://xrmust.com/fr/xrmagazine-fr/less-than-5grams-saffron-negar-motevalymeidanshah/
November 10, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Always great to speak to artists working in VR for the first time and how they choose to use it...
This whole thread 🧵, with its exploration of Mamdani = Sesame Street character
I'm really sorry to have subjected all of you to all this NYC posting but it's really been the most breathtakingly ugly race, particularly given that Mamdani has the affect and manner of a Sesame Street character
I don't know what will happen in NYC tonight, but I do know that regardless of outcome, any number of public figures, celebrities, politicians and institutions that oppose Mamdani have done so with a level of rhetorical ugliness, racism, and dishonesty that should neither be forgotten nor forgiven.
November 5, 2025 at 6:11 AM
This whole thread 🧵, with its exploration of Mamdani = Sesame Street character
"We come together, but we arrive at similar intersections from different roads."
Talked to Dana Melaver & Weronika Lewandowska, curators of the intertwined DOK Neuland XR & DOX Exchange XR programmes at DOKLeipzig.
xrmust.com/xrmagazine/d...
Talked to Dana Melaver & Weronika Lewandowska, curators of the intertwined DOK Neuland XR & DOX Exchange XR programmes at DOKLeipzig.
xrmust.com/xrmagazine/d...
A deep dive into Leipzig's DOK Neuland and DOK Exchange
At DOK: a deep dive into Leipzig's DOK Neuland and DOK Exchange programmes / The DOK Neuland XR exhibition and DOK Exchange ..
xrmust.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:48 AM
"We come together, but we arrive at similar intersections from different roads."
Talked to Dana Melaver & Weronika Lewandowska, curators of the intertwined DOK Neuland XR & DOX Exchange XR programmes at DOKLeipzig.
xrmust.com/xrmagazine/d...
Talked to Dana Melaver & Weronika Lewandowska, curators of the intertwined DOK Neuland XR & DOX Exchange XR programmes at DOKLeipzig.
xrmust.com/xrmagazine/d...
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NEW INTERVIEW! “If you want to create empathy, it doesn’t matter what kind of medium, there’s craft in telling the story” – Steye Hellema (ANCESTORS), by @cirilism.bsky.social
https://xrmust.com/xrmagazine/steye-hellema-ancestors/
https://xrmust.com/xrmagazine/steye-hellema-ancestors/
October 22, 2025 at 6:30 AM
NEW INTERVIEW! “If you want to create empathy, it doesn’t matter what kind of medium, there’s craft in telling the story” – Steye Hellema (ANCESTORS), by @cirilism.bsky.social
https://xrmust.com/xrmagazine/steye-hellema-ancestors/
https://xrmust.com/xrmagazine/steye-hellema-ancestors/
SmartPhone Orchestra's Ancestors is a unique & moving participatory experience, and it was lovely to chat with director Steye Hellema about the process and, what he calls, "cute activism".
For @xrmust.bsky.social #immersive #climatechange #veniceimmersive #technology #XR
xrmust.com/xrmagazine/s...
For @xrmust.bsky.social #immersive #climatechange #veniceimmersive #technology #XR
xrmust.com/xrmagazine/s...
Interview Steye Hellema (ANCESTORS)
"If you want to create empathy, it doesn't matter what kind of medium, there's craft in telling the story" - Steye Hellema (ANCESTORS)
xrmust.com
October 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
SmartPhone Orchestra's Ancestors is a unique & moving participatory experience, and it was lovely to chat with director Steye Hellema about the process and, what he calls, "cute activism".
For @xrmust.bsky.social #immersive #climatechange #veniceimmersive #technology #XR
xrmust.com/xrmagazine/s...
For @xrmust.bsky.social #immersive #climatechange #veniceimmersive #technology #XR
xrmust.com/xrmagazine/s...
"It wasn’t our place to tell their story. It was our place to facilitate a way to tell *their* story."
Spoke to Mads Damsbo about the co-creation of Dark Rooms & always experimenting w/ emerging technologies to tell stories
For @xrmust.bsky.social
xrmust.com/xrmagazine/m...
#documentary #immersive
Spoke to Mads Damsbo about the co-creation of Dark Rooms & always experimenting w/ emerging technologies to tell stories
For @xrmust.bsky.social
xrmust.com/xrmagazine/m...
#documentary #immersive
Interview Mads Damsbo (DARK ROOMS)
"it was all about creating and maintaining a trust and a transparency in the process between the participants and the creators" - DARK ROOMS
xrmust.com
October 20, 2025 at 7:24 PM
"It wasn’t our place to tell their story. It was our place to facilitate a way to tell *their* story."
Spoke to Mads Damsbo about the co-creation of Dark Rooms & always experimenting w/ emerging technologies to tell stories
For @xrmust.bsky.social
xrmust.com/xrmagazine/m...
#documentary #immersive
Spoke to Mads Damsbo about the co-creation of Dark Rooms & always experimenting w/ emerging technologies to tell stories
For @xrmust.bsky.social
xrmust.com/xrmagazine/m...
#documentary #immersive
So excited for our Sonic Privilege film programme this weekend at Arter Museum!
These 5 docs—32 Sounds, Diary of Sky, Nocturnes, Preemptive Listening &Intercepted—are “looking through sound” & invite the sonically curious not only to hear, but also to listen.
More: www.arter.org.tr/EN/events/so...
These 5 docs—32 Sounds, Diary of Sky, Nocturnes, Preemptive Listening &Intercepted—are “looking through sound” & invite the sonically curious not only to hear, but also to listen.
More: www.arter.org.tr/EN/events/so...
October 17, 2025 at 8:38 AM
So excited for our Sonic Privilege film programme this weekend at Arter Museum!
These 5 docs—32 Sounds, Diary of Sky, Nocturnes, Preemptive Listening &Intercepted—are “looking through sound” & invite the sonically curious not only to hear, but also to listen.
More: www.arter.org.tr/EN/events/so...
These 5 docs—32 Sounds, Diary of Sky, Nocturnes, Preemptive Listening &Intercepted—are “looking through sound” & invite the sonically curious not only to hear, but also to listen.
More: www.arter.org.tr/EN/events/so...
"permissionless installations made possible by augmented reality”... "This is an artist-led act of reclamation.”
#AR has the power to reimagine art spaces to reflect hidden and biased histories, presentations and values. A new form of #culturalheritage
hyperallergic.com/1049466/indi...
#AR has the power to reimagine art spaces to reflect hidden and biased histories, presentations and values. A new form of #culturalheritage
hyperallergic.com/1049466/indi...
Indigenous Artists Reclaim The Met’s American Wing
An unsanctioned exhibition uses AR to insert works by Native artists, like Cannupa Hanska Luger and Jeremy Dennis, into the museum’s 19th-century landscapes.
hyperallergic.com
October 16, 2025 at 8:40 PM
"permissionless installations made possible by augmented reality”... "This is an artist-led act of reclamation.”
#AR has the power to reimagine art spaces to reflect hidden and biased histories, presentations and values. A new form of #culturalheritage
hyperallergic.com/1049466/indi...
#AR has the power to reimagine art spaces to reflect hidden and biased histories, presentations and values. A new form of #culturalheritage
hyperallergic.com/1049466/indi...
Reposted
NEW INTERVIEW! “it was all about creating and maintaining a trust and a transparency in the process between the participants and the creators” – Mads Damsbo (DARK ROOMS) by @cirilism.bsky.social
https://xrmust.com/xrmagazine/mads-damsbo-dark-rooms/
https://xrmust.com/xrmagazine/mads-damsbo-dark-rooms/
October 15, 2025 at 6:30 PM
NEW INTERVIEW! “it was all about creating and maintaining a trust and a transparency in the process between the participants and the creators” – Mads Damsbo (DARK ROOMS) by @cirilism.bsky.social
https://xrmust.com/xrmagazine/mads-damsbo-dark-rooms/
https://xrmust.com/xrmagazine/mads-damsbo-dark-rooms/
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“How can we take these collaborative, spontaneous, anonymous, witty, performative qualities expressed organically during the protests and apply them in an artistic setting to re-create this interconnectedness amid a heavily censored environment?” —artist and academic Işıl Eğrikavuk
Is Political Protest a Collaborative Art Form?
Hyperallergic speaks to artist and academic Işıl Eğrikavuk about whether art can help keep the spirit of protests alive.
hyperallergic.com
October 4, 2025 at 1:32 PM
“How can we take these collaborative, spontaneous, anonymous, witty, performative qualities expressed organically during the protests and apply them in an artistic setting to re-create this interconnectedness amid a heavily censored environment?” —artist and academic Işıl Eğrikavuk